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Athletics Report 27

Kent Track Relays 2017 heat to qualify. Our C team of style. The B team were equally
The Kent track relays were Sam Stuart, Ben Campbell, impressive winning a fine team
the last team event of the 2017 Josh Buddle Smith and Jamie silver, led out by Jamie Sears
summer season and with them Sears just missed on making followed by George Shaw and
being held at our home track the final. then on last leg Oles Chaban.
at Norman Park, we took full In the 4 x 200m both the A and The C team ran a strong race
advantage. B team ran well enough to make and did well finishing a credit-
Of the 24 finals BBHAC ath- the final and again Ethan, Tom, able 7th with Sam Stuart taking
leg 1 passing to debutant Arthur
letes contested, our teams won Oliver and Connor held off a Starvis, who ran positively on
18 gold, 7 silver, 3 bronze and very strong Bexley challenge this first run for the club, leav-
were 4th in another 10. This and were deserving winners ing Josh Buddle Smith to bring
represents a fantastic achieve- crossing the line in a fast 1:49.9 the team home on leg 3.
ment and clearly shows that just 0.6 sec ahead of Bexley.
BBHAC are not only strong The B team of George, Ben, A fantastic day for BBHAC
but that we have great strength Oles and Emmanuel closed in teams and also individually as
in depth right through the age 7th but combined well to make Oliver Robertson won three
groups. the final. Kent golds, Ethan, Tom and
The U13 boys had great num- In the 3 x 800m BBHAC U13 Connor all won two Kent golds
and Ben Campbell and Max
bers out competing and we able boys were able to field A, B Robertson both won gold, while
to enter three teams in both the and C teams and the A team Jamie Sears, George Shaw and
4 x 100m and 3 x 800m and two stormed to victory led out by Oles Chaban all won Kent silver
teams in the 4 x 200m. Black- Ben Campbell passing to Oliver medals.
heath and Bromley U13 boys Robertson who handed to
proved they are the strongest Max Gregson to finish off in Paul Austridge
in Kent winning all three relays
and also picking up a silver in
the 3 x 800m.
In the 4 x 100m the quartet of
Ethan Alapafuja, Tom Afelumo,
Oliver Robertson and Connor
Sutton qualified for the final
comfortably winning their heat
in their second fastest time of
the year. The final wasn’t going
to be as straight forward as
they were up against a strong
Bexley team, but our boys got
the baton around slickly with
great change overs and powered
across the line in a best time for
the season, just 0.3 sec ahead of
Bexley, who also ran a seasons
best. The B team of George
Shaw, Ben Platt, Oles Chaban
and Emmanuel Oniwinde com-
bined well to finish 7th in the
final having come third in their Holly Mills being a long jump star (see report YDLfinal page 16).